Using Sprint Planning to Tackle Mammoth Projects

Conference Archive

Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2018 - March 27, 2018

Joe Healy

Instructional Designer Karmak

Ezzy Schesvold

Senior Instructional Designer Karmak

eLearning teams are consistently tasked with completing
large projects under impossibly tight deadlines. Often, this feels like eating
an elephant. How do you map out the project? How do you hold SMEs, designers,
and developers accountable? How do you display progress to stakeholders? The
eLearning team at Karmak struggled with these questions and consistently failed
to meet deadlines. They wondered: Could borrowing an internal development model
be the answer?

In this case study session, you’ll hear the tale of how
Karmak’s eLearning team turned its eyes to the “sprint planning” process
already used by software developers within the company. By making this one
significant shift in the planning process, the team reduced the number of
weekly meetings they attended, more accurately calculated deadlines, held
everyone more accountable for their share of the work, increased buy-in among
stakeholders and SMEs, set clearer expectations for every member of the team,
and had a lot more fun in the process, all without spending an extra dime.

In this session, you
will learn:

How sprint planning is defined, and why it works
so well in a development setting

How to reduce the amount of time your team
spends in meetings each week

How to improve visibility throughout a project
to increase accountability, improve efficiency, and confidently set deadlines
each and every time

How to identify and deal with potential
roadblocks early on, before they stop your team in their tracks

How to increase buy-in among internal
stakeholders by setting expectations and fostering a fun, creative atmosphere

How to implement a sprint planning process at your
organization quickly and inexpensively